Amr ibn Imru al-Qays
'Amr ibn Imru' al-Qays (Arabic: عمرو بن امرؤ القيس) was the third Lakhmid king of al-Hirah, reigning in 328–363. A son of the famed Imru' al-Qays ibn 'Amr who had defected to the Roman Empire, he returned to Sassanid allegiance.
His mother was Mariya al-Barriyah, a sister of the Ghassanid king . 'Amr was very active in the wars of his Sassanid Persian overlords against the Romans, and was even nicknamed "warmonger" for the wars he engaged in. In 337 AD the Persian shah Shapur II harassed the Roman borders and commissioned the Arabs to attack and invade as well.[1]
References[]
- ^ Sykes, History of Persia, Vol. I, p.413
Categories:
- Arab Christians in Mesopotamia
- Lakhmid kings
- 4th-century monarchs in the Middle East
- People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars
- 4th-century Arabs
- Vassal rulers of the Sasanian Empire
- People of the Sasanian Empire of Arab descent